13-letter words containing h, o, k, s
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- jockey shorts — Jockey shorts are a type of men's underpants.
- john sobieski — John, John III (def 2).
- john suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- joseph hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- katharometers — Plural form of katharometer.
- kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kenwood house — a 17th-century mansion on Hampstead Heath in London: remodelled and decorated by Robert Adam: contains the Iveagh bequest, a noted art collection
- kinross-shire — a former county of E central Scotland: became part of Tayside region in 1975 and part of Perth and Kinross in 1996
- kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- kneehole desk — a desk with a space for the knees between two side panels
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- know-nothings — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- knox-johnston — Sir Robin (William Robert Patrick). born 1939, British yachtsman. He was the first to sail round the world alone nonstop (1968–69)
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leopard shark — a small, inshore shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive black markings across the back, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters from Oregon through California.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- milk mushroom — any of the common latex-containing mushrooms of the genus Lactarius.
- monkey-shines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- moshe shertok — Moshe [moh-shuh] /ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), Sharett, Moshe.
- mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- off the books — of or relating to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
- off-the-books — not recorded in account books or not reported as taxable income.
- offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
- on the stocks — in preparation or under construction
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- phantom stock — an employee bonus expressed as the cash value of a specified amount of company stock to be received at a future date, meant to create employee interest in raising stock prices without giving any stock away.
- phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- scotch whisky — whiskey distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley in a pot still.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
- self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- shanks's pony — one's own legs as a means of transportation
- shell-shocked — battle fatigue.